The river of the West
Subtitle: the adventures of Joe Meek
By: Frances Fuller Victor ; v. 1 edited by Winfred Blevins ; v. 2 edited by Lee Nash
Contributors: Nash, Lee.
Series: Classics of the fur trade series
Publisher: Mountain Press Pub. Co.; Scurlock Pub Co; Mountain Press Publishing Company; Mountain Press
Published: 1983
Place of publication: Missoula
Language: eng
Copyright date: v. 1 c1983, v. 2 c1985.
Subjects: Meek, Joseph Lafayette, 1810-1875.; Indians of North America -- Northwest, Pacific -- History.; Pioneers -- Northwest, Pacific -- Biography.; Northwest, Pacific -- History.; Northwest, Pacific -- Description and travel.; West (U.S.) -- History.; Northwest, Pacific -- Biography.
Notes: Includes bibliographies and index.
"A Copper Mountain, Inc. book"--V. 1; "A Copper Mountain Books, Inc., book"--V. 2.
Reprint. Originally published: Hartford, Conn. : R.W. Bliss, 1870.
v. 1 c1983, 282 p. ; v. 2 c1985, 382 p.
Table of contents: title: v. 1. The mountain years / edited by Winfred Blevins.; title: Introduction / Winifred Blevins; title: Introduction [original]; title: Astoria; title: Early life of Meek; title: The camp in motion; title: How beaver are taken; title: Removal to Powder River; title: Grizzly bears; title: Annoying competition; title: The march to the Humboldt; title: A visit from Blackfeet; title: In the Camanche country; title: Gossip at Rendezvous; title: In the Blackfoot country; title: Setting up as a family man; title: Visitors at Rendezvous; title: Meek falls into the hands of Crows; title: An express from Fitzpatrick; title: The den of rattlesnakes; title: A dissipated camp; title: Decline of the fur trade; title: A chat about buffalo hunting; title: The solitary trapper; title: A new start in life; title: v. 2. The Oregon years / edited by Lee Nash.; title: Introduction / Lee Nash; title: A new start in life; title: Westward ho!; title: Wealth of the Methodist Mission; title: Scarcity of employment; title: The brooding of events; title: The plot thickens; title: Arrival of the immigration at the Dalles; title: Excitement about Indians; title: The Oregon City land-claim; title: The American organization; title: Difficulty of collecting taxes; title: Colonial gossip; title: The beginning of Oregon commerce; title: The up-country Indians; title: The tragedy at Waiilatpu; title: Horrors of the Waiilatpu massacre; title: The call to arms; title: Meek's party; title: Meed dines at Coleman's; title: Mr. Thornton as representative of Oregon; title: Meek appointed U.S. Marshal for Oregon; title: If this were a novel; title: Lane's course with the Cayuse Indians; title: Meek as a U.S. Marshal; title: The Northern Pacific Railroad; title: Washington Territory; title: The Columbia River; title: Montana Territory; title: General remarks on the North-west